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• Well Done Filter

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 3 June 2010 / 2 comments

  

  Matthew 25:21 – His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ (NKJV) Our days are numbered, and short. Never let another human turn your eye from what counts for eternity. Keeping an eye on eternity is what helps us stay joyful, hopeful, secure and sane (in this insane world) no matter what other people do to us, say to us or what happens to us. Remind yourself that the PRIMARY thing that really really matters in life is to hear the words “well done” by Jesus Himself, the day you meet him. If we measure all our decisions, all our [...]

   

• E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y: Heaven is Eternal – Part 3

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 1 comment

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Jude 21 – keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (NKJV) Just like hell will go on and on and on and NEVER end, heaven is forever too. Comically, some people have the idea that heaven is 24-7 “church” and so they grudgingly want heaven only because it is a slightly better alternative than hell!Heaven is not “eternal church”, especially the version of church we’ve come up with in organized religion.It is not little fat babies with wings floating around on clouds. It’s not a bunch of ghosts floating around in mysterious misty places with auras of light dancing around our heads. [...]

   

• E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y: Hell is Eternal – Part 2

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 1 comment

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Jude 21 – keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (NKJV) In the first part of this series, I attempted to get you to really stop and think deeper about the concept of “eternity”. As you read today, I want you to keep in mind that HELL IS ETERNAL. There are no second chances. It NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER ends. After a billion years times a billion times a trillion trillion trillion trillion years, God will not look down and say “okay, that’s enough”. Hell will never end, never stop, never cease, never lessen and never give you a “break”.“Hey! Wait [...]

   

• E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y is Eternal – Part 1

  In Faithful, Favorites, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Jude 21: keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (NKJV) I was talking with my beautfiul wife the other day about eternity. Sometimes the whole idea of forever just takes over my mind and I get consumed with trying to comprend it.Just as surely as I spend some time trying to grasp the idea of “eternity”, it naturally turns my mind towards what heaven will be like, bringing on a sense of incredible expectation. Likewise, it forces me to think about the reality of hell and face a shuddering fear considering what hell will be like including the most scary fact of [...]

   

• Rejoice In This

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Luke 10:20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)It’s great to be a Christian. There are so many things, so many blessings to be happy about. So many reasons to be thrilled about!God provides for us. Most people reading this devotional probably enjoy a “rich” lifestyle (and remember the Biblical definition of rich: having more than ONE day’s provision). We have PLENTY even though we typical WANT more. God blesses us materially, and for that we rejoice.God blesses us spiritually and emotionally. We have access to contentment, satisfaction, happiness and security in God. God watches over us, protects us and blesses [...]

   

• Hell – An Important Part of the Gospel – Part 4

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) Revelation 20:15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)Hell doesn’t fit into today’s market driven church environment or sensitive, Madison Avenue version of the Gospel. We attract people with programs, resources, entertainment and promises of blessings. Hell just isn’t “seeker friendly”.Is that to say that the Gospel should be all about scaring people and threatening them with impending doom without declaring the love, mercy and blessings of God. Of course not, that’s my point. We need a healthy, Biblical balance of the complete Gospel as presented by Jesus and the Apostles. That includes both heaven and [...]